Miniglot
日本語The JLPT (Japanese-Language Proficiency Test) has five levels, from N5, the easiest, to N1, the hardest. Since 2010 the test has published no official vocabulary list, so every JLPT word list, this one included, is built from the former official lists and the words the tests use. Each word comes with its reading in kana and its meaning.
7,834 words in all. Times are at 15 new words a day, about ten minutes in the app.
| Level | Words | With examples | Time | CSV, Anki deck |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLPT N5 vocabulary | 710 | 710 | 7 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| JLPT N4 vocabulary | 661 | Soon | 6 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| JLPT N3 vocabulary | 2,077 | 1 | 5 months | CSV|Anki |
| JLPT N2 vocabulary | 1,731 | Soon | 4 months | CSV|Anki |
| JLPT N1 vocabulary | 2,655 | Soon | 6 months | CSV|Anki |
Miniglot shows these words one card at a time, with audio, and brings each back just before you forget it. Then you read stories made only from the words you know.
Miniglot's JLPT N5 list has 710 words. At 15 new words a day, that is about 7 weeks.
7,834 words across 5 levels, each word taught at one level only. Learning all of them at 15 a day takes about 17 months.
Spaced repetition: seeing each word again just before you would forget it, at longer and longer intervals, then meeting it in sentences and stories. Miniglot does both: it schedules each word's reviews and writes stories from the words you already know.
Yes. Every list is a free CSV file and a free Anki deck, with the word, its kana, its meaning, an example sentence and its translation.